

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 30 Jan, Cambridge: Earth And Other Planets
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: BRITTEN SINFONIA with STEVENS &amp; POUND and ROBERT MACFARLANE

The acclaimed writer Robert Macfarlane narrates his own texts interspersing movements of contemporary folk duo Stevens &amp; Pound’s exhilarating re-imagining of Holst’s Planets for orchestra and folk duo. 

An exhilarating re-imagining of Holst’s The Planets for folk duo and orchestra, accompanied by text written and narrated by internationally acclaimed writer Robert Macfarlane (Is a River Alive?, The Lost Words)

Gustav Holst’s passion for folk music and his omission of Earth from his blockbuster orchestral suite are the starting points for this special collaboration.

Macfarlane’s poetic narrative overlays the recomposed movements “Mars”, “Venus”, “Jupiter” and “Mercury” and rises to a peak of love and concern in the newly-written “Earth”. 

In the first half, Britten Sinfonia perform two orchestral works inspired by and derived from folk melodies. Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes, subtitled “A Time There Was”, presents a range of tunes, ranging from rollicking fiddle dances to exquisite, valedictory melancholy, with his unmistakeable brilliance. 

The suite is dedicated to the memory of Percy Grainger, whose own characterful suite, A Lincolnshire Posy, is based on folk songs he collected in the county more than a century ago. In this extravagantly scored tour de force, our winds and brass are augmented by those of Sinfonia Smith Square.

Programme:
Britten: English Folksong Suite: A Time There Was
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
Holst/Stevens &amp; Pound, orch. Ian Gardiner: The Silent Planet (Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Earth)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/30-jan-cambridge-earth-and-other-planets/200029313499837
- **Event Categories**: music, art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 30

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.brittensinfonia.com/events/earth-and-other-planets?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=cambridge-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: West Road Concert Hall
- **lat**: 52.202374915372
- **long**: 0.10762410977959
- **full address**: West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Britten Sinfonia (https://allevents.in/org/britten-sinfonia/26081673)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Britten Sinfonia
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 30 Jan, Cambridge: Earth And Other Planets ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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